The aircraft is perched on the edge of the ship, secured in the catapult shuttle, a short runway track ahead of it. Daniel Lane’s aviation mechanic team walks around the aircraft, double checking for...

BAY OF BISCAY — As I lie in my cabin bed, rocking back and forth with the motion of the ship, I often marvel at my life this semester. In 106 days, I’ll have been to about a dozen countries with a...